The Algorithmic Lens on Freedom

Here's an algorithm for freedom: just follow these simple rules...

PhD

This is the obligatory tribute to Jorge Cham, the creator of phdcomics (Piled Higher and Deeper). A fact about Dr (of course!) Cham that I hadn't been aware of until yesterday: he's the same person who made the robotic cockroaches I am so fond of and who have such pretty names (the Sprawlettes): http://www-cdr.stanford.edu/biomimetics/.